Posted on 07/08/2005 5:10:55 AM PDT by mal
The British may react very differently than the Spanish did after Madrid by doing nothing rather than by retreating from Iraq.
In the corrupt West these days, that is something.
We all know the score of this war now in the near four years since September 11. The London bombings should remind us how the old tired game works.
Causes Failed states in the Middle East autocratic, statist, unfree, intolerant of women and other religions blame the West for their self-inflicted miseries. Sometimes they are theocratic, like the late Taliban or the current Iranian mullahs. But more often they are dictatorial like the Syrians, Pakistanis, Saudis, or Egyptians, who all, in varying degrees and in lieu of reform, have come to accommodations with the terrorists to shift popular anguish onto the West and the Jews.
That is the Petri dish of Islamic fascism, an evil that will only disappear when the dictatorships that allow it or nourish it do as well. Whether the jihadists are in Iraq, the United States, or Europe, they all share a sick notion that someone else (the decadent Western oppressor and unbeliever) is responsible for their own poverty and backwardness rather than the fundamentalism, corruption, bias, and intolerance endemic to the Middle East.
It's Bush's fault.
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Could I have a link to the article, please? VDH would never write something that short! ;)
Pretty much.
I listened to Al Franken yesterday for the Communists' take on the London attacks.
It took about 20 seconds to make a joke about Bush, and within 4 minutes was talking about global warming/Kyoto.
Nice to see he's taking terrorism seriously. /sarcasm
In the corrupt West these days, that is something.
We all know the score of this war now in the near four years since September 11. The London bombings should remind us how the old tired game works.
So here we are. Even though the killers profess revenge equally for Afghanistan (the so-called right war), they expect Westerners to scream Iraq.
Even though such bombings are predicated on infiltration, careful stealthy reconnaissance, and long sojourns within London, expect cries of anguish and worrying about the stereotyping of Middle Eastern males.
Look for the same scripted crocodile tears and concern from the Middle Easts illegitimate leaders, even as much of the Islamic Street takes a secret delight in the daring of the jihadists, and the governments sense relief that the target was Westerners and not themselves.
Anticipate Western leaders condemning the terrorists in the same breadth as they call for eliminating poverty and bringing them to justice as if the jihadists and their patrons are mere wayward and impoverished felons.
In the short term, Bush and Blair will appear as islands in the storm amid an angry and anguished public. But as 7/7 fades, as did 9/11, expect them to become even more unpopular, as the voices of appeasement assure us that if they just go away, maybe so will the terrorists.
It is our task, each of us according to our station, to speak the truth to all these falsehoods, and remember that we did not inherit a wonderful civilization just to lose it to the Dark Ages.
Victor Davis Hanson is a military historian and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His website is victorhanson.com.
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It is our task, each of us according to our station, to speak the truth to all these falsehoods, and remember that we did not inherit a wonderful civilization just to lose it to the Dark Ages.
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Yeah, I sometimes listen to NPR while driving. It can get sickening.
It is our task, each of us according to our station, to speak the truth to all these falsehoods, and remember that we did not inherit a wonderful civilization just to lose it to the Dark Ages. Victor Davis Hanson
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Franken seemed to take the attack seriously, but it just made my blood boil that he could talk about in the context of Kyoto, Nigerian yellowcake, et al.
We had 40-odd Britons blown up and hundreds more wounded and this f*ckwit seemed to see it as another story, no more important than the other Lefty agenda items.
Oh, and of course he worked in a "we support the troops" remark as well. Sounded really sincere too *rolls eyes*
What a f*cking turd.
I didn't see any answers in this article either.
Of course, you can't give the answer and still publish, have a radio show or post to Free Republic.
Lefties believe all they have to do to support our troops is to say that they do.
In fact, it is the only the crazy MSM and certain Dem leaders who care a whit about this. Most of the people think we should just execute the b*st*rds!
I hear you! Actually the anwer is in there. Also heard VDH on John Batchelor last night. As always, a clear voice of reason. We have to stop putting up with the Islamists - ok, Islama-whackos - preaching hatred and fascism in our midst and ignore their claim of victim status. We have to be a lot less finicky on the military side too, and just go after those we see as sponsoring terrorism, and eschew the UN-dance steps.
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http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.p?ref=/hanson/hanson200507080811.asp
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